Exclusive Books wins right to remain at airport
EXCLUSIVE Books will remain at the OR Tambo International Airport.The Supreme Court of Appeal on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by Airports Company SA (Acsa)‚ which had appealed against a Johannesburg High Court judgment preventing it from evicting Exclusive Books from the premises.Acsa‚ which operates nine of the country’s airports‚ and Exclusive Books had concluded a lease for five years‚ following a tender process‚ which was scheduled to end on August 31 2013. But by the middle of August 2013‚ Acsa had not begun the process to request bids for the lease of the premises.Acsa and Exclusive Books therefore agreed to extend the lease "month on month" as Acsa prepared to begin tender proceedings.In June 2014‚ when Exclusive Books was advised that the lease had been awarded to another company‚ it brought a court application to set aside the award.Despite this application‚ Acsa served the bookseller with a notice to vacate the premises.The high court found in favour of Exclusive Books last...
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